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Lawrence B. Prior III is president of SAIC's Intelligence, Security and Technology Group, headquartered in McLean, Virginia. With more than 11,000 employees, the group is the largest line organization at SAIC and one of the largest support organizations in the intelligence community.
The group's work focuses on key business areas spanning intelligence and national security: intelligence analysis; research and development (R&D); information operations; special operations; defense research; surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting; information assurance and security; and homeland security and defense. The group supports national defense strategies at home and abroad, efforts to improve information sharing that strengthen the intelligence community, and the fight against global terrorism.
Prior has a strong background in financial controls and functions, having conducted throughout his career early-stage and mid-round private equity, as well as both debt and public equity funding. Most recently at SAIC, he has taken leadership roles in connection with the company's initial public offering (IPO), global acquisition activity, and establishment of strategic alliances. Prior's signature is his intense focus on the details of business fundamentals and execution. Under his leadership since 2004, the Intelligence, Security and Technology Group has experienced considerable growth, while consistently improving revenue and profitability per employee.
Before joining SAIC, Prior was chief executive officer for LightPointe Communications, where he previously held the position of chief financial officer. Prior has also served as president and chief operating officer for San Diego-based High Technology Solutions, as well as chief administrative officer for the County of San Diego, California the nation's fourth largest where he led a financial turnaround that earned him an induction into the San Diego County Taxpayers Association Hall of Fame.
In addition, Prior has held various executive positions with TRW, both as a general manager and vice president of Business Development. Earlier in his career, Prior worked in Washington, D.C. as a professional staff member on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Prior graduated with a bachelor's degree in science from Loyola Marymount University and a master's degree from Georgetown University. He is also a graduate of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. | 